Fe Wines Cabernet Sauvignon, Spring Mountain District, USA 2023

"Coffee, plum, dark cocoa powder, black cherry, raspberry, black currants, porcini, tobacco and blackberries. Dark cocoa powder and toffee in an attack that announces itself as massive and brooding. Layers of flavor: umeboshi plum, black cherry, black currants, menthol, tobacco, pomegranate and tar. Wonderful sweetness balanced with bright acidity, a structured wine with fine grain tannins that hides its behemoth structure with sublime elegance, the quintessential iron fist in a velvet glove. The finish ripples away in an eddy of flavor cherry, plum tobacco, dark chocolate that leaves a beautiful clean, pleasant, persistent black cherry note that seemingly never fades." Aaron Pott, Winemaker

" A blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon brings a bigger, richer style compared to the 26 cuvée. Cassis, graphite, crushed stone, and spice oak all emerge from this ripe, powerful, primordial beauty. It's full-bodied, dense, and concentrated, yet stays flawlessly balanced, with a broad, layered mid-palate, ripe, velvety tannins, and a great finish. It's a stunning, brilliant, age-worthy 2023 that will keep for 25+ years or more." Jeb Dunnuck 99